Tag: Ron Arnold

Could Obama have been Trayvon Martin?

Ron Arnold · July 25, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel either misunderstands or is purposely misusing a federal law that allows oil exploration and drilling in a coastal corner of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell is challenging Jewel. (AP PHOTO/Illustration by ESRI)

Showdown in the Arctic: Alaska challenges Obama

Ron Arnold · July 19, 2013 4:00 am

Director Josh Fox attends a screening of "Gasland Part II" at HBO Theater in New York City. (Getty Images/Stephen Lovekin)

Energy and Environment

‘Gasland’ scandal ignited at EPA

Ron Arnold · July 12, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama (AP/Evan Vucci)

Energy and Environment

Audit rips Obama climate science program for money blunders

Ron Arnold · July 5, 2013 4:00 am

Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, calls President Obama's Climate Action Plan "a declaration of all-out war on coal." (Thinkstock)

Europe exits climate money pit as Obama jumps in

Ron Arnold · June 27, 2013 4:00 am

AP file
Rare earth minerals are already piled up in American throwaway mine tailings.

National Security

Why won’t President Obama let the Defense Department face the rare earth security risk?

Ron Arnold · June 19, 2013 4:00 am

(Photo: Thinkstock)

Ron Arnold: Meet the little nobody from Texas with big power at EPA

Ron Arnold · June 13, 2013 4:00 am

Beginning in 2009, 10 green groups including the Sierra Club and WildEarth Guardians filed lawsuits against EPA alleging that the agency had "missed the deadlines pertaining to the regional haze program." (Photo: Thinkstock)

What happens in the backroom of a sue-and-settle lawsuit?

Ron Arnold · June 6, 2013 4:00 am

Ron Arnold: Are backroom sue-and-settle deals actually sweetheart lawsuits?

Ron Arnold · May 30, 2013 4:00 am

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a draft document called a "biological opinion" that commercial fishing posed "no jeopardy" to the endangered sturgeon in seven key Atlantic Coast areas. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Ron Arnold: Bureaucratic miracle of cooperation saves sturgeon fishery

Ron Arnold · May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Federal Environmental Executive Jon Powers is responsible for carrying out President Obama's environmental agenda. (Photo: AP)

Ron Arnold: Obscure White House climate warrior wields vast powers

Ron Arnold · May 16, 2013 4:00 am

Yoko Ono appears at a news conference to launch Artists Against Fracking on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Ron Arnold: Big Green’s anti-fracking operatic chorus hits false notes

Ron Arnold · May 9, 2013 4:00 am